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The Christmas Tree Dilemma - Real or Fake?

Updated: November 12, 2021

It is the time of the year when we make to make a king-sized holiday decision—what type of Christmas tree leave you stick out this yr? While not everyone decorates with a tree, simply for those who do, you have

For many families, a real shoetree at Christmas is important. As a matter of fact, several family traditions are to not only give birth a real tree but to actually steer into the woods along their property (or on a tree farm) and cut the exact unitary bolt down and institute it home. So the act of getting the real corner is as important as having IT in the absolute way.

In the 60s,  70s, and 80s, stylized trees looked, good, fake. They were skinny, had big gaps between limbs, and they smelled like impressible. But in the last some decades, hokey trees have come a long style and looking (and both even smell) more like the real stuff.

A recent study found that over half of Solid ground homes wish display artificial trees and 17% will have a real tree to make their season bright. The tree goes ahead right subsequently Thanksgiving Day and it comes down 4 – 6 weeks tardive.

Here are some pros and cons of having a real tree vs. an artificial one:

Genuine Trees

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PROS:

  • Real trees are actually grown on farms, so you're supporting a local anaesthetic farmer.
  • Before reap, the conifers dish up as home ground for birds, insects and other wildlife.
  • One acre of a real Tree farm produces enough oxygen for 18 people a day.
  • At the end of the season, unsold cut trees are composted and recycled for mulch or used equally soil erosion barriers.
  • Nix beats the smell of a veridical tree to get you in the vacation spirit.

CONS:

  • They are usually mature with pesticides.
  • If not decently moire, they are a fire hazard.
  • They leave a blanket of needles that have to be vacuumed up.
  • You ass bring ticks inside your home. Many tree vendors sustain a "Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree Shaker" to combat this trouble. Only if you cut it down yourself, you run a greater risk.

Artificial Trees

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PROS:

  • Artificial trees are reusable, year after year.
  • No messy needles.
  • Modern artificial trees look real.

CONS:

  • They don't look amazing like real, fresh trees do.
  • They'Ra made of Premature ventricular contraction, a toxic chemical.
  • They never biodegrade so they'll forever represent an environmental burden once they fetch up in a landfill.

Evidence US:

If you decorate with a tree for the holidays, what kind of tree do you have in your home, genuine or fake? And when does it go up, and when do you take it belt down? Share your stories here!

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